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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-17
At the State Fair Races Yes
terday---Splan's j @ Won
in the 2:18 Class.
Johnston and Harry Wilkes
Went One Mile in an Un-
interesting Style.
Only Three Heats in the Free
For-All Paeing--To-Day's
Programme.

ROWDS of Mime
apolitans in honor of
their day at Hamline
swarmed around the
entrance to the in
closure, and the at
tendance exceeded
that of the preced-
ing day, the various
turf events being
witnessed by an en-
thusiastic sem :
blage, although two
of the races W e n t
over until to-day ON
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-17

there was one continual round of cheer
ing, to which the president responded
by removing his hat.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-17

Col. j. A. Collins, marshal, harvesterg and
binders, mowers, reapers. hay rakes, hay
tedders, sulky plows, feed cutters and all
kinds of mixed MACHINERY
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-05-12
FARMERS INSTITUTE
At Raleigh, Thursday and Friday, 1zth
and 13th.

It will begin:at 3 p. M, Thursday
afternoon, after the Cattle Show is
over. I.
DR.. D. Reid Parker, off Trinity Col
lege, will be the superintendent.
Essays or addresses are expected
from Captain B. P. Williamson, on
pasture and hay grasses suited to this
section.
Mr.. M. B. Rowe, Of fredericksburg,
Va, the great Jersey breeder, on the
improvement of poor land with grass,
stock -breeding &c.
Mr.. J. Van Lindley, Of Pomona
Nurseries, On planting and trimming
fruit trees.
Mr.. Jesse Taylor, on the proven
ton of washing.
Major R. S. Tucker, on intensive
manuring.
MI. Ransom Hinton, on making
manures and making cotton.
DR.. R. H. Lewis, on silos and ensi-
lage as food for COWS.
Col. J. NJ. Heck, on grapes for the
farmers family.
MIR. W. G. Upchurch, on the profits
from the COW.
The committee expect to have prac-
tical talks from Mr.. T. Z. Oliver, of
Pine Level; DR.. D. Men. Mckay, of
Harnett, and Mr.. S. Ohio Wilson, On
subjects not yet announced.
Short addresses have been promised
by Mr.. W. G. Primrose, Chairman of
the Executive Committee of the North
Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical
College, on the work of agricultural
college and the progress of ours; Col.
l.. l.. Polk, on the needs of our agri-
culture and from DR.. G.. w. Dabney,
for manure. It is expected
THAI DR.. George W. Sanderlin, of
Wayne, will be present. If he is all
he says will be a treat to his hearers.
Yhe Commissioner of Agricultural,
Mr. John Robinson, will be present
and take part in the exercises.
All farmers are not only cordially
invited but urged to come and partic-.
ipate in the proceedings.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-05-12

what is the matter with the laws, and
adopt sensible. resolutions to use their
Irresistible power in correcting the
laws, abuses, frauds, and crimes upon
them. =
what a shame and disgrace there
fore, if the farmers, with all this power
in their hands, continue to- be robbed
every year of half the proceeds of their
industry, and to be made the mere
serfs to the extent of half their work
ingtime for certain privileged classes.
Nor should the farmers be afraid of
pushing the remedies needed to cure
the special ills Of their class>in the
most radical and ~resolute manner"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-05-12
GREENSBORO FARMERS INSTI-
,# = -@l TUTE.u@a 1s

The program for the Farmers In
stitute4to be>held at Greensboro Fri
day and Saturday, Goth and 2lst
inst, lis an interesting one. There
will be twenty.9heessays and addresses
on various subjects appertaining to
the farm: short talks>on suggestive
topics, good, music, and in addition to
this a small fruit and floral exhibition
on Saturday. It will be IN interest
ing occasion and profitable to. those
who attend.
Prof. Jos. Moore, of New Garden,
MFarm Education"
:, Dr. D, r. Parker, Trinity College,
"Does the Farm Pay::'
DR.. H. F. Bahnson, of Salem,
Stock Raising"
Fl. En- Fries, of Salem, "Agricul-
tural College," ~
Col. IT. M. Holt, of Haw River,
"Clover."
Col L, T. Polk, of Raleigh, "Shan
we Diversity our Crops ?"'4
D.. W. G. Benbow, of Greensboro,
"The Dairy" +
DR.. Dabney, State Chemist, "Agri-
cultural Chemistry and Home Fertil-
izers."
Prof. @. P. Frazier, Greensboro,
Chow shall we Keep Boys, on the
Farm ?"
j.. S. Ragsdale, of jamestown, The
Orchard"
J. L. King, Of Greensboro, ITO.
bacco Culture" N $: v<"*
John Robinson, of Arson, State
Commissioner, department cof, Agri-l
culture of North Carolina"
Henry Wakefield, Friendship, CEN
silage, and it's Effect on Stock
w. E. Benbow, Oak Ridge, "Spec-
cial Crops"
J. A. Young, Of Guilford, "Straw-
berries"
J. Van Lindley, Pomona, "Cher-
ries."
P. M. Wilson, "Commercial Fertil-
~izers."
w. G.. Barbee, High Point, "Sheep
Husbandry."
Rev. R. R. Moore, Greensboro,
"Market Garden"
A. M. Smith, Pomona, "'Tile
Drainage"
Short after-talks between speeches.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-05-12
SOUND VIEWS BOLDLY Elk
PRESSED.

The political papers Of the country
are devoting much thought and atten.
ton to the farmers movement. Among
them, none, perhaps, has been more
bold and straightout in it's advocacy
of cooperation and organization among
the farmers than the~Wilmington
Star. Commenting on a recent article
on the subject in the Couray-I ouraMaz,
the Star says: a.
"The farmers of the country must
look after their own interests. All
along they have allowed others to at
tend to their matters or to neglect
them. The STAR has again and again
urged upon the farmers the necessity
Of organizing, of combining. The
legislation of:the country, OF much of
it, has been inimical to their interests.
They have toiled and worried, but
low prices, bad crops, and high taxes
have kept them poor, This is partic-
ularly the case with the South. Add
to these causus for failure and distress
the unwise way in which most have
fafmed it and you need not 60 far for
the real cause Of the great depression
of the farming interests
Will they persistently pursue the
same unwise and unremunerative
course? Will they still neglect to
organize for united action? Money
ought to be cheaper in the South. It
can be got in the North for 5 or 6 per
cent if the leading farmers of the
country would unite and take the
proper steps" IN
The following extracts show that the
Courier Journal too, believes it to be
the duty Of the farmer to read more,
to think. more, and to inform himself
on the methods of Politicians and
others, by which he is flched out of
the earnings of his honest labor.
"They spend all their work in
producing, and devote too little time,
if any at all, to studying upon what
the law and the politicians r doing
for them. They should work less in
producing, and more in reading, and
discussing the things which the law
making powers of the country Z
about. Ifthey should thus lose haHa'
years crop of corn, wheat, tobacco,
cotton, and the rent, they will make
money by it, provided they thus learn
<H -
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-05-12

An excellent method of utilizing the
hay seed and dust is to place it where the
hens can scratch it over. They will find
quite an amount Of valuable material
which would be useless for any other pur-
pose.-Erchange.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-05-12
ENTRIES FOR CATTLE SHOW.
N

The Wake County Cattle Show to
be held on the 18th instant, promises
to be the largest and best exhibition
yet made. The following are the
ame of those making entries with
the number entered:
r. r. Tucker, sever Jerseys.
George Sheldon, M Jersey.
R. B. Rainey, two Aryshires and
Two Jersey grades.
D. S. Hudgins, two Jerseys and one
fHolstein.
Charles E. Crawford, one Jersey.
B. P. Williamson, twelve Jerseys.
Nick w. West, one Jersey and two
Holsteins.
DIR. w. I. Hawkins, four Holsteins.
1. B. Burwell, six Guernseys.
B. Cameron, two Holsteins.
John B. Crenshaw, two Holsteins.
\ T. II. Murray, seven Holsteins and
ope Jersey.
w. q. Blake, grade Jersey.
I'M. T. Norris, two grade Jerseys,
ID. T. Adams, one grade Jersey.
Mrs. M. A. NOVEL;, two Jerseys.
&c. II. Belvin, two Jerseys.
DR.. H. M. Upper, four mixed Hol-
steins and one Jersey.
pr. James Mckee, five Jerseys.
George Kennedy, one Jersey.
70. G. Latta, one Jersey.
( w. G. Upchurch, fourteen Jerseys.
G. W. Wynne, four Jerseys.
\C. c. Barbee, one Jersey.
John G. Jordan, five Jerseys.
w. B. Smith, one Jersey.
Bel. Kirkham, one Jersey.
W. G. McMackin, one Jersey.
This foots up the very respectable
number Of l01 entries which had been
made up to Tuesday morning en-
bradng some very fine cattle, but it
will [be increased considerably.
E%I ~
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-05-12

The town of Batrispe, Mexico, was
AMIDST entirely destroyed by an earth
quake on the Ord instant and about
GOD person were killed. Volcanic
erubtions in the mountain districts fol-
low the stocks.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-11
A RECEIPT FoR COLD FElPT.

For nothing at ali we will give a receipt
For pleasantly warming in winter your feipt.
first see that the shoes or the boots you may wear
Are polished each morning with scrupulous Gear.
This reason is founded on science, you know,
And will, if it's followed, relieve you OF WOW.
Don't purchase a tight-ftting boot or a shoe
But get size larger, or, better, get toe.
Be sure they are stout ones and perfectly whole.
Made low in the heel, thick, broad in the wSole.
Then oiing them, go without rubbers, which sweat
And make your feet tender to GOODNESS and weat.
Some folks wooden stockings prefer, but they
should
Wear socks made OF cotton, as those are more
good.
For feet, like your face which in winter is bare,
Grow tough when exposed to the frost in the are
No chiIblains will itch you or give you ache
If, when it is bed time, iced water you'll tache,
And plunge your feet in it-then rub EN- With
might
Until they grow scarlet and-probably wight.
Now toast 'em awhile by the CRATE, and, guess
You'll find this receipt for cold feipt success
Some husbands, who think they're as sharp as a
knife,
WIN warm their cold feet poor, sleepy kwife,
That's cold blooded murder for which women wise
Can get @ divorce from such marital tise.
H. c. Dodge in Detroit Free Press.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-11
BreVitfeS.

Kate Field asks: How many women marry
a good man? One at a time, Kate, except liz
Utah.-New Haven News.
Another peaceful Indian has been discov-
cred in Montana. He has been petrified for
over 900 years.-New York Graphic.
"Some men are born great" Yes. but
graciousl how some of them do shrink. New
Haven News.
The rear support of the street car is called
the dasher because SO many people dash after
it. -Philadelphia Herald
Gentleman in restaurant at table, with a
broken soft boiled egg before him Waiter,
how long do you keep your eggsa "UntiI
they are eaten. Paris Joke.
The poets are apostrophizing Bartholdi's
statue. Liberty what rhymes are commit
ted in thy name.-Life.
1t is said that the kingdom of Bavaria has
4, 800 hook and ladder companies, and $50, 600
frcllcn. It seems hardly credible, but the
Baynrians are inordinate smokers, and
maybe The authorities thought that where
there SO much smoke there was sure to
be some firc.-Harper's Weekly.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-11
No SandnaDer There.

Detective John Webb was passing the
Bates street end OF the vegetable market
three or four days ago, when a stranger ac-
costed him with
"Say, came in town the other day to Civ
my boots fixed, and 1 was looking around
this place little and lost silver dollar out
OF hole in my pocket"
"But you didn't come back to look for it,
did your
ayes I did think lost it right over
there, where lodged wagon. Have you
heard of any one picking up dollar"
mo, sir"
"Seen any advertisement in the papers|
"No. You'd better save your time"
"Why~
"Why, man, you aren't green enough to
expect to get that dollar back, are you!"
"Of course 1 am. Wasn't it mine? Didn't
lose it?"
@Weni Well Some one ought to sand
paper your headl"
"They had, eh!" eueried the man, as he
searched around i'll the street al lost it just
about here, while was jumping out of the
way of a wagon. If anybody tries to rub
any sandpapcr on my head Pip
He made a dive into the dirt and fished up
a silver dollar, and as he held it between his
thumb and finger and danced around he
cried:
Ere she is-this is the very one! know
1T by re nick 1 cut on the edge. Ought to
hl-Fe ny head sandpapered, had L! Well,
you iust bet 1 know my gait, and Pm 81
ahead It's lucky for me, though, that you
dian find it. You look just like man
who'd nave chucked it into his pocket and
let ue 90 to ruin! Sandpaper! How would
YOU ke to bite q file!"
Aud the abashed detective couldn't say a
WORD IL his own defense. Free Press.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-11
THE PIONEER THEATRE.
why Bill Nye Adopted Literature In
stead of the Drama.

Why Bill Nye Adopted Literature In
stead of the Drama.
Those were troublesome times, indeed,
when we were trying TO settle up the new
world and a few other matters st the Same
time
Little do the soft-eyed sons Of prosperity
understand to-day, as they walk the paved
streets Of the west under the cold glitter OF
the electric light, surrounded by all that can
go to make life sweet and desirable, that not
many years ago on that same ground their
fathers fought the untutored savage by
night and chased the bounding buffalo by
day.
All, all is changed. Time in his restless
and resistless fight has filed away those early
years in the county clerks Office, and these
times are not the old times. With the march
OF civilization / notice that it is safer for a
man to attend a theatre than in the early
days of the wild and woody west. Time has
made it easier for one to go to the opera and
bring his daylights home with him than IL
used TO be-
1t seems but few short years since my
roommate came home one night with a long
red furrow pIowed along the top of his head,
where some gentleman at the theatre had
shot him by mistake. My roommate said
that a tall man had objected TO the pianist,
and suggested that he was play ing pianls-
simo when he should have played fortissimo,
and trouble grew out of this, which had
ended III the death of the pianist and the
injury of several disinterested spectators.
And yet the excitement of knowing that
you might be killed at any moment made
the theatre more attractive, and instead OF
soaring men away it rath L induced patron
age. OF course it prevented the attendance
of ladies who were at all timid, but it did
not cause any falling off in the receipts.
Some thought it aided a good deal, especially
where the show itself didn't have much
in
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-11
BILL NYE
On the Value of Documentary Proof OF
Self Defense.

On the Value of Documentary Proof OF
Self Defense.
Probably no legal phrase in common use Is
so little understood, and through this ignor'
ance so fruitful of the long, tedious and ex-
pensive litigation which it is said to be the
object of law to prevent, as the two harmless
looking words of self defense" In law the
term embraces and describes "all the rights
conferred upon the individual to protect by
his own acts and agencies his property or
his person against some injury unlawfully
attempted to be inflicted by another" This
definition should be committed to memory
by every schoolboy in the land. He Will
then have laid the foundation for knowl-
edge of the law of self defense which may be
of great value to him in after life.
But the chief difficulty in setting up and
proving self-defense i'll a court Is twofOld
First-We must be thoroughly convinced
that great injury to person or property Is
contemplated.
Second-We must be able TO establish by
proof that such injury to person or property
was so contemplated by the assailant at the
time of the self defense alleged.
In other words, the identity of the assailant
and his sincere desire to do us great injury,
either to person or property, must be proved
beyond the possibility of a reasonable doubt
in the minds of the highly intelligent jury.
This is not so easy as at first appears. We
must establish by some proof that is free from
bias or prejudice that the defendant was just
in tie act of imbruing his hands in our gore
or about to commit felony when we smote
him, as set up in our defense Therefore the
testimony OF members of the family would
have little weight with an average jury.
For these reasons, which l trust l have
made quite clear, it has occurred to me that
documentary evidence would be the best.
Surprising that l awake in the night from a
sound and innocent slumber to find the bulls
eye of total stranger shining in my eyes. /
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-11

the SIDE clawled in behind it and spread
sheet of music over his head.
The stage manager came forward to the
footlights and inquired what was wanted.
The tall man with self cooking credentials
answered simply:
"By dashety blank to blank blank and back
again, want my wife!"
The manager stepped back into the wings
for moment, and when he came forward he
also had large musical instrument such as
Mr.. Remington used to make before he went
into the type writing business. I can still re-
member how large the hole in the barrel
looked to me, and how l wished that I had
gone to the meeting of the literary club that
evening, as l had at first intended to do.
Literature was really more in my line
than the drama. l still thought that it was
not too late, perhaps, and so l rose and went
out quietly SO as not to disturb any one, and
as l went down the aisle the tall man and
stage manager exchanged regrets.
1 looked back in time to see the tall man
fall in the aisle with his face in the sawdust
and his hand over his breast Then 1 went
out of the theatre in an aimleSs sort of way,
taking northeasterly direction as the crow
flies. do not think | ran over mile or two
in this way before I discovered that l was
going directly away from home / rested
while and then returned
On the street met the stage manager and
the tall, dark man. They said that they were
very sorry to notice that l got up and came
away at point in the programme where
they had introduced what they regarded as
the best feature of the show
This incident had great deal to do with
turning my attention in the direction of lite
nature instead of the drama.
But L am glad to notice that many of the
horrors Of the drama are being gradually
eliminated as the country gets more thickly
settled, and the CORY tragedy of a few years
ago Is gradually giving place to the refining
influences of the Tin Soldier" and "a Rae
Baby."-Bill Nye in Chicago News.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-11
WOMAN RECEIVING A LETTER.

She took the letter In her hand,
The envelope she keenly scanned;
The address several times she read.
II wonder who it's FROM" she said;
Il know the writing very well,
But whose it is cannot tell"
With curiosity she burned,
And straightway to the postmark turned.
THE postmark! that will end the doubt"
Twas blurred; she could not make it out.
A dark cloud DER her visage stole,
And keenest anguish wrung her soul
The address she again perused:
who can have written itl'' she unused.
She could not with the problem cope,
And SO she broke the envelope.
Her last resource, she had no better
And then she knew who wrote the letter.
Boston Courier
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-11
Signed in the presence of ..............
The Man With a Harm.

It was in the infant class of a SUNDAY
school The teacher was trying to bring out
the fact that David was a man of varied oc-
equations. There had been smooth sailing
until the question was asked: "What do Won
call man who piays ca the harp7' After a
brief pause youngster raised his hand and
answers: Gan Italian" The teachers and
scholars had a good laugh and a new topic
was introduced Omaha World.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-11

A western editor in referring to an es-
Oeemed contemporary says: "His slanderous
souI Is 1mbued with the electric fire of he'll;
MS black heart emits sulphurous fumes, till
Ms whole nature is absorbed in one homoge-
n9ous mass of helhshneSs." There's brilliant
and varied talent for you, showing that the
true journalist is born, not made. A man
might attend the Yale college school of jour
nalism $50 years and not learn to write that
way. Exchange.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-11

Our Yankee friends could not capture
Charleston during the war, but they have
done it ROW. 1t is city that had to be
shaken before taken-Macon Telegraph.
A naturalist has satisfied himself beyond
DOUBT that the average cat travels distance
OF eighty miles every night. Then it must be
the other cat that sits on the back fence sew
eral hours every night, loudly complaining of
the high taxes or something. -NorriStowu
Herald
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-11

The Bella Union pretty fair sample
of the theatre in those days. 1t was low,
wooden structure with perpetual band on
the outside, that played gay and festive cir
Gus tunes early and often Inside you could
poison your soul at the bar and see the show
at one and the same price of admission. In
an adjoining room silent men joined the hosts
of faro and the timid tenderfOot gamboled
DER the green.
visited this place of amusement one even
ing in the capacity of a reporter for the
paper l would not admit this, even at this
late day, only that it has been overlooked in
Mr. Talmage since; and if he could go
through such an ordeal in the Interests of hui
manity, might be forgiven for going there
professionally to write up the show for our
amusement column.
The programme quite varied. Negro
minstrelsy, sleight of hand, opera bouffe,
high tragedy and that oriental style of
quadrille called the khan khan, if my slug
gish memory be not at fault, formed the
principal attractions of the evening.
At about 0:30 or II o'clock the khan khan
was produced upon the stage. In the midst
of it a tall man rose up at the back of the
hall and came firmly down the aisle with
large, earnest revolver in his right hand. He
was a powerfully built man, with dyed
mustache and wicked eye ON each side of his
thin, red nose. He threw up the revolver
with a little click that sounded very loud to
me, for he had stopped right behind me and
rested his left hand on my shoulder as he
gazed over on the stage. / could distinctly
hear his breath come and go, for it was a
very loud breath, with the odor of onions and
emigrant whisky upon it.
The orchestra paused in the middle of a
snort, and the man whose duty it was to swal-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-11
Wanted Oninine.

"Civ me about dollar'n-a-half's worth
of quiLine," said sad-looking young man to
the druggist. why, what do you want SO
much forF' "Well, you see, I've been around
to my girl, and I've just got the worst
case of shake l ever heard of. Make that an
even s. worth, will you|-Arkansaw Trav-
alnr
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-11
Division of Labor.

Customer-Does Gus De Smith keep run
ming account here!
Grocer-Oh, yes; he keeps the account, and
| do the running, trying to collect it.-Texas
Siftings
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-01-11
ONE FOR ST. LOUIS.

Igua ord of hotel see we have newly
mari ? couple here-Mr. Hiram Deeper and
bride out the register doesn't say where they
are fl NJ Clerk heard him ask her at
bresa st this morning: "Would you like
some { them molasses, Susie!" Landlord
take and writes "St. Louis" on register
oppCs- their names.-Chicago Tribune.